Re: Alpha Server 2100 4/275 Compaq AVGA and XFree86 3.3.6
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:12:42AM +0000, Richard Page wrote:
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> Thanks for saving me time Jay, I have a couple of DEC 21030
> one which worked when I installed Debian on an Alpha station
> 200 4/233 - but playing around with them in the server has not
> been successful - do you know this card - the one in my hand is a 54-23184-01
> Should this work in the server - should I be changing its configuration?
> How should the SRM console react to different cards?
It (SRM) should "just work". Are you having a problem even before the kernel
gets booted?
54-23184-01 is the original TGA 8-plane card, and should work in an
AS2100.
> Another question - because I have taken the Compaq EISA card in and
> out I am getting an SRM error message - I have an ECU floppy but how
> do I proceed when I get to the update configuration floppy - when I
> do not have one and cannot see how to generate a new one!
Sigh...
I've always avoided EISA cards as much as possible, so that I could
avoid the ECU... ;-}
When you run the ECU from SRM, it should be possible to delete the
EISA VGA from the configuration, and, once saved, should eliminate
those pesky error messages.
Good luck.
--Jay++
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